TOKYO, Aug 4, 2026 - (JCN Newswire) - Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501, "Hitachi"), Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.("MOL"), and Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.("JAL") have signed a Memorandum of Understanding(MOU) to conduct Japan's first(*1) pilot test on Kume Island, Okinawa Prefecture, utilizing Direct Ocean Capture…
Another two Japanese-owned supertankers carrying Saudi Arabian crude were heading to the Strait of Hormuz to exit the Gulf on Tuesday, shipping data from LSEG and Kpler showed, joining a fleet of previously stranded vessels that left a day earlier.One of the tankers is owned and managed by Nippon Y…
A fleet of 10 Japan-linked vessels was exiting the Strait of Hormuz on Monday while a supertanker carrying Saudi crude for South Korea left over the weekend, shipping data on LSEG showed, after the ships were stranded in the Gulf for months because of the Iran war.The Japan-linked ships include six…
